Relationships between drifting and benthic invertebrates in three New Zealand rivers: Implications for drift-feeding fish

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 809-820

  Shearer, Karen A ^a   Stark, John D ^a   Hayes, John W ^a   Young, Roger G ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrate; Benthos, density dependent; Drift, drift feeding; Fish; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD LIMITATION; PERIPHYTON; ZOOBENTHOS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

DELEATIDIUM; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0346306224     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2003.9517210     Document Type: Article

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